Vulnerability · Published Oct 9, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-36171IBM Aspera Faspex denial of service
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in Aspera Faspex from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 could allow a privileged user to cause a denial of service from improperly validated API input due to excessive resource consumption.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Aspera Faspex | 5.0.0 – through 5.0.13.1 |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247502 vendor-advisory, patch